Written  Analysis 2 Due.7 Sept, 2014
                               

                                                      Rosie The Rivete  ( We Can Do It )

Popular culture

                The popular culture I chose was “Rosie the Riveter”, this name became very popular during the World War II. Rosie the Riveter was a feminist who stood for the women and the nation as well.  She believed in equal right as what men can do women can do too. In the early 1900’s the stereotype of women been house wives and all what they were good for was to keep the home clean and have children whiles the men work hard to put food on the table, Rosie the Riveter changed that ritual. “Rosie the Riveter who was a 17-year-old factory worker became the inspiration for a popular World War II recruitment poster that evoked female power and independence under the slogan” "We Can Do It!," (Chron, 2014). During the WWII all eligible men who were 18 years and above were mandated to go the war, leaving the factory jobs and many other jobs empty which caused shortage in employees.  “The manpower shortage of World War II necessitated the entry into the workplace of millions of women, many of whom had previously been denied employment on the basis of their gender” (Chron 2014). All this while women have been deny employment and was discriminated because of their gender, they depend sole on their husband’s income. In this era it was very difficult for a woman to be independent without the help of a man.  Rosie the Riveter encourages and mobilized the women to work in the factories and many other jobs that had openings. After the WW II, many women stayed working and managed the house as wives too. This movement helped women till today, although there are still discrimination in the work force against women is better than the early 1900’s. According Feminist Majority Foundation (2014), the glass ceiling "is not simply a barrier for an individual, based on the person's inability to handle a higher-level job; rather  the glass ceiling applies to women as a group who are kept from advancing higher because they are women”.

Reference

Chron (2014). The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter. Retrieved from   http://events.chron.com/movies/show/1130443-the-life-and-times-of-rosie-the-riveter

Feminist Majority Foundation (2014). Empowering Women in Business. Retrieved from http://www.feminist.org/research/business/ewb_glass.html